1、高考英语写作功能词“支柱”表达详解一、主要英语对应词及其用法结构名词(pillar, support, prop, mainstay, back-bone, key, core sustentation, sustenance, brace, crutch, strut, post, but-tress)pillar of cloud/smoke 云柱/烟柱pillar (key) product/industry支柱产品/产业a pillar of the state/of society国家栋梁/社会中坚supports holding up a collapsing wall支撑危墙的柱
2、子They are the chief supports of the cause.(他们是这一事业的主要支柱。)He is a prop and comfort to his parents in their old age.(他是他父母年老 时的倚靠和安慰。)the mainstay of ones economy(.)经济的支柱产业She is the mainstay of our theatre group.(她是我们剧组的台柱子/支柱。)Such people are the backbone of the country.(这样的人是国家的栋梁。)He has no backbo
3、ne.(他没有脊梁骨。)He is the crutch of his old father.(他是他老父亲的依靠。)二、常用的相关短语或表达(的)顶梁柱a major asset to中流砥柱mainstay;a pillar rock/firm-rock in midstream;a tower of strength;the chief cornerstone;to stand firm as a rock in midstream/in a turbulent stream 中坚力量nucleus;hard core;spark plug;backbone element;core f
4、orce;nuclear force;key personnel社会的中坚 the salt of the earth和平体制的支柱the planks of the peace system台柱子 leading light;pillar;mainstay三、情景译例精选在处理这个公司的事务中李先生已成为中流砥柱。Mr.Lee has been a veritable tower of strength in the affairs of this firm.这是一个作为民主支柱而为人称道的国家。This is a country admired as a buttress of democ
5、racy.宗教是她的精神支柱。Religion is the breath of life to(for) her (the breath of her nostrils).他是党内反对极端主义的中流砥柱/中坚分子。He was a buttress against extremism in the party.那两位具有真才实学的工程师是这个小厂的支柱/中流砥柱。The two engineers of real learning are the mainstays of the small factory这个女人没有主心骨。This woman has no definite view of her own.她可爱聪明的女儿是她活下去的唯一精神支柱。Her lovely and clever daughter is the only thing that keeps her from committing suicide.科学和技术是经济发展的主导动力。Science and technology are the mainspring of economic growth.2
